The Hindu 20.08.2013
Pay property tax at banks now
No more serpentine queues; no need to spend a large part
of the working day in the city corporation offices. Bangaloreans can
now walk into branches of select banks and pay their property tax.
On Monday, Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy inaugurated the facility at IDBI Bank on Mission Road and Corporation Bank on J.C. Road.
50 bank branches
To
begin with, citizens can pay their property tax through 50 bank
branches across the city. By October, the facility will be extended to
350 branches.
The BBMP has tied up with 13 banks —
IDBI Bank, Corporation Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Canara Bank, ICICI
Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Overseas Bank, HDFC Bank,
State Bank of India, Yes Bank, Indian Bank and IndusInd Bank.
“The
civic body wants to make property tax payment easy. Citizens can now
pay taxes online using their debit/ credit cards as well. To pay their
taxes, citizens will have to key in their property identity numbers and
RR numbers. Once done, the details of their property will be available.
The bank will also verify to ensure that the tax has been remitted for
the correct property,” he said.
I. Ramakanth, BBMP’s
Deputy Commissioner (Revenue), said that of the 16 lakh properties in
the city, the BBMP had verified the PID issued to over 13 lakh
properties. The validation of the remaining properties would be
completed in two months.
The BBMP, through the
nationalised and private banks, will also be offering mobile payment
facilities. This will be helpful to citizens to pay their property tax. A
senior official added that the zonal commissioners will identify huge
apartment complexes where the mobile vans can go to collect the taxes.
Mobile vans
“We
will go to the citizens even before they come to the BBMP to pay their
taxes. To begin with, each zone will have three or four mobile vans
where payment can be made,” he added.
Hassle-free payment
IDBI’s
head for South India Mythili Balasubramaniam said that if there is
demand for the facility, the bank may open a separate counter for
hassle-free payment of property tax.
Additional Commissioner (Finance) R. Kiran and Technical Adviser T. Sheshadri were present.
The BBMP, through nationalised and private banks, will also be offering mobile payment facilities.
